Is the CGH Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 20% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 18mmedian time
in this ER

CGH Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Sterling, IL

Faster than 20% of US ERs · #3,258 of 4,081

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50m slower than the US median

This ERIL 2h 53mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year22,942

100 East Lefevre Road, Sterling, IL 61081

(815) 625-0400

Patients sent home from the emergency room at CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Illinois spend a median of 3 hours 18 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 50 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Illinois median of 2 hours 53 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the CGH Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 18 minutes in the ER, from arrival to departure (CMS, Oct 2024 to Sep 2025). Half of patients spend longer.

Is that a long wait?

It's longer than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 20% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number.

Where does this data come from?

From CMS Care Compare, measure OP-18b. How this works.

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